Rockford on the day of the Kennedy assassination

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Nov 18, 2013 at 11:35 AMNov 18, 2013 at 4:13 PM

The following is an excerpt from the book “Rockford — Big Town/Little City”:

It was lunch hour in Rockford on a warm, rainy Friday in November.

Marjorie Owens was watching “As the World Turns” on Channel 13. Her daughter, Luann, a first-grader, was at school. Newsman Fred Speer of WROK radio was on the air from the scene of an armed robbery at the Jewel Food Store on Auburn Street. Police office Charles Jackson was riding a three-wheel motorcycle on Seventh Street.

In Washington, Rep. John B. Anderson of Rockford was at a House committee meeting on research spending. At ...

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The following is an excerpt from the book “Rockford — Big Town/Little City”:

It was lunch hour in Rockford on a warm, rainy Friday in November.

Marjorie Owens was watching “As the World Turns” on Channel 13. Her daughter, Luann, a first-grader, was at school. Newsman Fred Speer of WROK radio was on the air from the scene of an armed robbery at the Jewel Food Store on Auburn Street. Police office Charles Jackson was riding a three-wheel motorcycle on Seventh Street.

In Washington, Rep. John B. Anderson of Rockford was at a House committee meeting on research spending. At ...